8. EXAM

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MACROMOLECULES & THE CELL
  • Chemistry of water and its unique properties
  • Hydrophilic vs hydrophopic
  • Know main information of the macromolecules – NO drawing molecules or isomers
  • Recognize structures
  • Cell diagram and functions of organelles
  • Diffusion, osmosis, active vs passive transport – NO details of membrane transport
  • No cell history
  • Calculating microscope size

DIVERSITY
  • Calculation of organism’s size under the microscope
  • Classification taxonomy, phylogenetic tree, clade, NO alternation of generations
  • Dichotomous Key
  • Viruses, lysogenic cycle
  • Prokaryote vs eukaryote
  • Endosymbiont theory
  • Characteristics of Kingdoms
  • Bacteria: Classification-shape and Reproduction

PLANTS
  • Photosynthesis
  • Tissues of a plant
  • Evolutionary adaptations to land in different phylla
  • Monocots vs eudicots
  • Cells of leaf, of vascular tissue
  • Phloem/xylem transport mechanisms
  • Plant hormones

MITOSIS/MEIOSIS
  • Know the phases includig G1, S, and G2
  • Chromatid/chromosome/chromatin/centromere/homologous chromosomes
  • Downs’, Turner, Kleinfelter Syndrome
  • Karyotypes

GENETICS
  • Types of inheritance: complete dominant-recessive /incomplete dominance/codominance/X-linked vs autosomal/multiple alleles/blood/
  • Be able to do crosses
  • Terms: homo/hetero-zygous, phenotype, genotype
  • Probability
  • Pedigree Charts
  • Mendel’s Laws

SYSTEMS
  • Increasing rate of diffusion
  • Know the three systems - flow through them
  • Know main diagram of each system
  • Control of breathing (physical and chemical)
  • Inflammatory response

EVOLUTION
  • Cuvier, Lyell, Lamarck
  • Mutations
  • Gene flow, genetic drift
  • Natural selection (3 types)
  • Speciation (definition of species, requirements, recognize reproductive isolating techniques)
  • Evidence of evolution, radiometric dating